I agree that it was an opportunity missed, I suppose the BBC had a successful formula that they wanted to keep going, time will tell. I was disappointed, at least 90% was pandering to that formula which has no interest to me. I don't dislike any of the presenters, just the 'entertainment' program that happens to have a car theme has worn thin. The bit that I liked best was watching Ramsey getting nobbled, I could watch that over and over!

I will give it a go next week as they are reviewing the F-Pace, but if it is like last night my life isn't long enough!

RIP Topgear, last night was terrible, I thought CE had said that he would revamp the show so it actually was about cars rather then the antics of its presenters? From the opening credits it was clearly obvious that the show was basically going to be the same format as it used to be and even had Chris Evans chanting Clarksons lines throughout - CE was terrible, Matt Le Blank was just as bad, there is no chemistry between them and without Clarkson, Hammond and May the format of Top Gear will not work, be honest they made the show, without them it cannot carry on in its current format, I fell asleep 40 minutes in - NEVER did that with the original show!!

One good point (and there was only one), love the addition of a rally section in the star in a car section of whatever its called.

Can anyone remember the first episode of Top Gear with Clarkson, Hammond and May? Did all three presenters hit it off straight away? Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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I've just re-watched that episode and yes, they did

Go to You Tube and search for "Top Gear S1 E2".

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Wasn't Jason Dawe an orginal presenter later replaced by James May

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Yes, he was. James May came back to Top Gear to replace him in Series 2, Episode 1.

Totally agree that CE was way OTT and needs to calm down. (Though I've heard that he had already admitted that himself & said that he was way to excited).

There was a lack of chemistry but, if you go back and watch the first episode with the trio, would it appear anything like as comfy and slick as it became> I thought Sabine found the 'TG zone' far more readily than Chris or Matt, they need more of her.

I checked out TG Extra on BBC3 last night, I thought that was better than the main show & that the main show should take some pointers from it.

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Was it just me or was last night's episode much better than the previous one?

The extra presenters worked and there was less of CE. I even laughed a few times.

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It was much better, yes, mainly because there was less of CE! Still far too silly though - particularly that stunt with the cocktails where everyone cheated anyway - pointless.

If I were Mercedes I'd be pretty annoyed too. First they put a Merc 2.something litre 4 cylinder up against a couple of 3-litre 6 cylinders (the Merc was slower - surprise!), then they give it to Jordan who damages it extensively because he didn't (apparently) know to put it in off-road mode. Hardly a fair comparison and made the Merc look far worse than it probably is!

Overall, they still need to try (quite a lot) harder.

Better than last week but CE is still way too shouty and some of the stunts a bit silly. If they got rid of Evans and Matt did more of the presenting it would be more bearable. Probably should have revamped the whole show rather than just the star in a reasonably priced car.

Much better than last weeks show, then that wouldn't have been hard to do. I find that Extra Gear (on straight after it on BBC iPlayer) is much better . Well presented and much more informative, the way the main show format should have been, instead of a poor rehash of the original which was already well by it's sell by date.

I thought last night programme was definitely better than the first one. Liked the bit on TG extra when they were chucking the Hoonigan car around Fords at Dagenham. Took a few takes to get it right so my son (who works there) told me. Oh, and there's even a FL2 in the shot at 11:20 on the Breca, brecca, brekka whatever! lol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03x0...-episode-3 Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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I found last nights show much better, Matt le Plank is winning me over and seems more at home as a presenter than Chris Evans who seems as though he is being pushed into the corner somewhat. Nice to see different people testing the cars as well. Only complaint from me was the speeding through the streets of London in that 'thing', there was no information about the car, its power, top speed etc etc, they seemed no purpose to the scene to it.